11"Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.


In Context

8 Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

11 "Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien.

13 They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but the Lord is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

Hosea 8:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars have been unto him to sin.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.